Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 26, 2024

Why is this funny?

He’s in therapy to restore his self esteem after the lousy thing you said yesterday and you’re batting a thousand for rotten things to say! Why don’t you go home and relieve this place and that sweet dog of your “lurking” and despicable presence?

Crank continues to be an expert at ruining other lives, regardless of species.

The dog likes everyone, even mail carriers.

There are a small group of people the dog avoids … you wouldn’t drive a bus by chance?

Run over by as bus.

“… he actually doesn’t like you, dork…”

Re: Yesterday’s strip. Ed has a slight point here. There are unkind people, and entire neighborhoods consisting of them, that encourage a tough, unfriendly and aggressive image of dogs in general and like to maintain an unfriendly beware-of-dog culture (via unwillingness to socialize them, expecting them to guard against the nicest of people, treating them with what their humans refuse to recognize as abuse and neglect, the humans’ general unfriendliness, etc.), possibly to the point where the inhabitants there, especially children, may only see dogs as unfriendly and/or aggressive. Go to Facebook and type “greetersnotguards” in the search bar.

The comics aren’t always comic to get a point across.

Must wear their feelings on their shoulders!

You freaked out the dog and hurt his feelings. He won’t be back to visit you.

Go on, Therapy Woman! Beat Crank to a pulp! No jury would convict you!

The last remark can have a double meaning. But what did that dog ever do to Cranky??

Ha ha, it’s funny because the dog can understand complex human conversation, and also has the ability to converse with a therapist. This is the by far the dog with the highest brain capacity by miles.

just might have to call in the spanish inquistion

It’s funny because it means his tough act yesterday was all him just being a jerk!

Apparently, even dogs have limits as to what they can take…….

Lurking menace? Therapy dog’s tail was wagging in the first panel yesterday. He had a happy face.

No! Bad Crankshaft! Bad man! (Rolls up a newspaper and hits Ed on the nose)

Makes Ed look pretty insensitive. And it’s not irony.

I’m surprised that woman isn’t in therapy after having to deal with Crank..

They should rename this strip, at least for this arc, Doosh-shaft

Are we EVER supposed to like this old fool?

I can see Ed cringing.

Ed did that to the dog.